RYIL 23- Stay in Today

Life can be stressful, we all know that. And sometimes taking life one day at a time is too tall an order! Find out how to stay in today by taking life in reasonable chunks of time. It will keep your joy quotient high, your Inner Loca will be full of fire, and things won't stress you out as badly.

Runtime approx 8 minutes

RYIL 22- Trust Your Inner Wisdom

To truly release your Inner Loca, you have to be in touch with your Inner Wisdom. How many times have you gone against that intuitive knowing sense inside of you...
only to find out later that you should have listened to it in the first place!!!

This episode of RYIL explores new territory: instead of focusing on the success of celebrities and others, the focus is on YOU!

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RYIL 21: Cathy Areu of Catalina Magazine

She's glamorous, outspoken, smart, and pura loca! She's Cathy Areu, the charismatic (and did I say outspoken?) founder of Catalina magazine.

Find out how this intelligent, inspiring, entrepreneur/journalist runs a great magazine, keeps her life in balance, and stays creative. Bonus feature: real life dish on super guapo Mario Lopez!

runtime 19 minutes
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RYIL 20: Mary Castillo, Author

Meet Chica Lit superstar Mary Castillo, author of the groundbreaking "Hot Tamara". Find out how a successful novelist spends her day (bon bons or laptop?), plans her next hit book, and supports other writers in a circle of comadres. Get the lowdown on screenwriters, growing up on the Cal-Mex border, and the state of Chica Lit.
runtime 27 minutes
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Check out Mary's Website

RYIL 19: Martha Montoya of Los Kitos

Martha Montoya is the creator of Los Kitos, a syndicated bilingual comic strip that appears in over 300 publications.

Martha is an artist with a business sense and has made a name for her company through strategic licensing agreements. As a result, her characters have appeared in print, on clothing, and even in live characters. At heart, she is a teacher and every creative and business decision she makes reflects her values of community empowerment and commitment to children.

runtime: 22 minutes

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RYIL 18: Cynthia Sommer

Cynthia Sommer is a Chicana learning to trust her intuition- and her story will inspire you to delve deeper into the meaning of your own roots, purpose, and intuition.

Her essay, Learning to Trust My Intuition, was recently featured on NPR's series This I Believe. In an eloquent first person narrative, she explores the dance her life takes between left brain logic and right brain feeling. She holds degrees in Business from Stanford and Wharton, yet is pulled to the arts and community. How does she do it? Well, click the player and you'll find out.

You're going to love meeting Cynthia and hearing the real deal that she is!
runtime 17 minutes

You can read Cynthia's essay HERE on the NPR website.

RYIL 17- Linda Castillo of ModernLatina.com

As Linda Castillo was about to receive her Masters Degree, the keynote speaker at her graduation ceremony said words that would fuel a new direction for Linda's life.
"Make a difference."
"Spark change."

Linda realized that she needed to do something that supported her vision for the community, and before you know it, www.ModernLatina.com was born! Meet Linda as she tells Nancy about Modern Latina, where she sees it going, and how YOU can turn an idea into a rewarding accomplishment.

runtime 16 minutes
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